Feature1950·79m·6.1

Quicksand

A guy who yields to temptation just once...... ....and finds it's once too often!

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Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.

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Cast

Mickey Rooney

Daniel 'Dan' Brady

Jeanne Cagney

Vera Novak

Barbara Bates

Helen Calder

Peter Lorre

Nick Dramoshag

Taylor Holmes

Harvey

Art Smith

Oren Mackey

Wally Cassell

Chuck Davis

Richard Lane

Lt. Nelson

Patsy O'Connor

Millie

John Gallaudet

Moriarity

Minerva Urecal

Landlady

Sidney Marion

Shorty

Jimmie Dodd

Buzz

Lester Dorr

Baldy

Kitty O'Neil

Madame Zaronga

Frank Marlowe

Watchman

Alvin Hammer

Auditor

Ray Teal

Motorcycle Officer

Tom Monroe

Motorcycle Officer

Red Nichols

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Age rating: —
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: Samuel H. Stiefel Productions

Crew

Director

Irving Pichel

Writers

Robert Smith

Lionel Lindon

Director of Photography

Walter Thompson

Editor

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

12/27/2022

6.0

Mickey Rooney is rather convincing as a naive young mechanic who pinches $20 from his employer so he can impress his gold-digging girlfriend on a date. Soon, though, the debt spirals out of control as he falls foul of the authorities, his employer and a particularly odious Peter Lorre ("Nick") and is soon being chased by the police for murder. It's been done on a shoestring, but the ending is exciting, if a little cheesy and contrived. The characters are interesting and well hung together and make for an above average quality thriller.